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>GBA versions
My understanding is that the main appeal is the alternative translations, but I'm literate in Japanese so I don't know very much about that at all.
Some versions of FF4 GBA are supposed to have really bad bugs, so definitely look into that before you play that version.
FF5 GBA also has bugs and is supposed to be slower in general.
FF6 GBA is censored and I would recommend avoiding it.
All SNES to GBA ports (not just Final Fantasy games) have significantly lower sound quality, and music is a very important aspect of Final Fantasy.

In short, I wouldn't really go with any of them for a first playthrough unless you strongly preferred the translation.
If you like these games you'll end up playing them bunches of times, so you can save all the bonus content to make your second playthrough more special.
Playing the SNES/SFam versions and having something close to an original experience is always a safe choice for a first playthrough.

>Spoilers
I wish you good luck. I hate spoilers myself and I hate it when people spoil me.
I'd like to warn/inform you though that Square basically didn't believe in avoiding spoilers. They constantly revealed the major twists and endings of their games in their television commercials and on the front covers of their strategy guides.
And Final Fantasy is so popular that a lot of the major spoilers are well known to people who don't even play the games. It's a kind of Rosebud situation.
If you really want to avoid spoilers you'll want to go radio dark. Definitely don't go into any threads about Final Fantasy on /vr/, even on unrelated titles. People constantly spoil the games here and past the OP all bets are off.

If you do get spoiled though, don't take it too hard.
Because Square doesn't really believe in avoiding spoilers the games are written to still be good even if you know the twists in advance. Being spoiled won't ruin the experience.
I got spoiled on basically everything and I still love the games.

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I'm looking into playing an old Final Fantasy on emulator. I've got:FF III on DSFF IV on SNES, GBA, DS (also a translated jp ver…

I'm looking into playing an old Final Fantasy on emulator. I've got:
FF III on DS
FF IV on SNES, GBA, DS (also a translated jp ver…